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Ministry of Finance
Union Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Karad reviews functioning of PM SVANidhi Scheme, appeals to bankers to accelerate coverage of SVANidhi loans to the poor
Greater economic inclusion of the people in rural and urban areas will accelerate the country's economy, said Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Karad. He was speaking at a review meeting of Prime Minister Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi  Scheme, held in Pune today, November 5, 2022.
The Minister conducted a detailed review of various PM Flagship Schemes, namely PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY, PMJDY and various Atmanirbhar Package Schemes, i.e. AIF, PMFME, PMSVANidhi.
MoS Finance has advised Banks and Govt. Authorities to achieve saturation of social security schemes and also advised to focus and speed up the process of sanctioning of loans under AIF, PMFME, PMSVANidhi, MUDRA and Stand up India.Minister further advised to organise camps at village levels to provide various Banking services.
Region-wise meetings are being held to give the benefit of the central scheme to the hawkers in the municipal area and to increase awareness about it. Hawkers who have a bank account, Aadhaar number and are registered with the Municipal Corporation can get the benefit of the scheme. Initially, 10,000 rupees loan is given and those making timely payment can get additional loan for 20 thousand and then 50 thousand rupees. The Minister appealed that the target decided in the meeting should be achieved within a month and that the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Yojana should be given to the poor.
The Minister said that efforts for the economic upliftment of the poor are being made at three levels. These are firstly, efforts to open accounts for those who do not have bank accounts; secondly to provide the benefits of the insurance scheme to the general public and thirdly, to make finance available to those who are deprived of financial assistance.
Farmers engaged in animal husbandry and fisheries are also being provided financial assistance through Kisan Credit Card, said the Minister. He said that the opening of 47 crore Jan Dhan accounts and linking Aadhaar and mobile phones with these accounts, have made possible direct benefit transfer to eleven and a half crore farmers.
Chandrakant Dada Patil, Minister for Higher and Technical Education of the State and Guardian Minister of the District appealed to the banks to take initiatives for financial upliftment of the poor, by providing funds for business to them through Pradhan Mantri SVANidhi Yojana. Instead of giving free facilities to the needy, empowering them financially can lead to real progress and contribute to the development of the country, said the Minister.
Member of Parliament Udayanraje Bhosle; Srirang Barane, Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar, Former MLA Govindrao Kendre, senior officials of Pune Division, officials of NABARD and Reserve Bank, representatives of various banks were present in this meeting.
Maharashtra Bank Executive Director Vikram Kumar made introductory remarks.
Ministry of Coal
Allocation of 5 Coal Mines Approved
The Ministry of Coal, after a long gap of 4 years, has approved the allocation of five Coal Mines. This was the result of the electronic auction conducted by Ministry of Coal in first week of November 2019. The Ministry had initiated the auction processes for 27 coal mines for Non-Regulated sectors previously.
The details of the five Coal Mines allocated are:
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S.
No
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Name of Coal Mine
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State
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Extractable Reserves 
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Grade
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PRC

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Successful Bidder
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1
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Bikram
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Madhya Pradesh
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9.44
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G-8
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0.36
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Birla Corporation Limited
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2
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Brahampuri
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Madhya Pradesh
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12.343
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G-6
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0.36
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Birla Corporation Limited
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3
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Bhaskarpara
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Chhattisgarh
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24.06
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G-7
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1.00
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Prakash Industries Limited
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4
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Jagannathpur B
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West Bengal
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50.02
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G-10
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0.80
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Powerplus Traders Private Limited
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5
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Jamkhani
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Odisha
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114.98
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G-11
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2.60
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Vedanta Limited
The significant feature of the allocations is that for the first time, the successful bidders shall have the flexibility to sell 25% coal produced in the open market. This will boost the coal production in the country and reduce the dependence of industries on imported coal. It is also envisaged that this step will generate huge revenue for State Governments where the mines are located in the form of Upfront Amount, Royalties and other applicable taxes.
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S.
No
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Name of Coal Mine
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State
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PRC

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Final Price 
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Revenue for 30 years|
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1
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Bikram
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Madhya Pradesh
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0.36
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154
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166.32
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2
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Brahampuri
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Madhya Pradesh
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0.36
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156
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168.48
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3
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Bhaskarpara
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Chhattisgarh
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1.00
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1100
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3,300.00
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4
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Jagannathpur B
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West Bengal
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0.80
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185
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444.00
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5
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Jamkhani
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Odisha
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2.60
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1674
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13,057.20excluding royalties, levies, and applicable taxes
Special Service and Features
Rozgar Mela: Union Minister of State B L Verma to be the Chief Guest
The 7th tranche ceremony of Rozgar Mela for recruitment to Central Government Departments will be held on 22nd July 2023 at 9.45 am at Sri Mulam Club Hall, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram. Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region & Cooperation Shri B L Verma will be the Chief Guest. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Rozgar Mela across the country at 10.30 am via video conferencing. Union Minister of State Shri B L Verma will distribute the appointment letter for the selected candidates at the ceremony. The seventh phase of the Rozgar Mela is being organised by the Income Tax Department.The aim of the Rozgar Mela is to provide central government jobs to 10 lakh people within a year.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM Inaugurates RE-Invest 2020
Plans of Megawatts to Gigawatts are Becoming Reality: PM
India’s Installed Renewable Energy Capacity Increased by Two and Half Times in Last six Years: PM
India has Demonstrated that Sound Environmental Policies Can also be Sound Economics: PM
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo  through video conferencing. The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The theme for RE-Invest 2020 is ‘Innovations for Sustainable Energy Transition’.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness that in the renewable energy sector, within a short time the progress from megawatts to gigawatts in generation capacity and “One Sun, One World, One Grid” are becoming a reality, all of which were discussed in the earlier editions. He added in the last 6 years, India is travelling on an unparalleled journey. He pointed out that India’s generation capacity and network is being expanded to ensure every citizen of India has access to electricity to unlock his full potential. He showcased that today, India’s renewable power capacity is the 4th largest in the world and is growing at the fastest speed among all major countries. The renewable energy capacity in India is currently 136 Giga Watts, which is about 36% of our total capacity.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness that India’s annual renewable energy capacity addition has been exceeding that of coal based thermal power since 2017. He highlighted that in the last 6 years, India has increased installed renewable energy capacity by two and half times. He said investing in renewable energy early on even when it was not affordable has helped in achieving the scale, which is bringing costs down. He said we are showing to the world that sound environmental policies can also be sound economics. He said we have ensured energy efficiency is not limited to one ministry or department, instead it has been made a target for the entire government. All our policies have a consideration of achieving energy efficiency.
The Prime Minister said after the success of Performance Linked Incentives  in electronics manufacturing, we have decided to give similar incentives to high efficiency solar modules. He stressed that ensuring “Ease of doing business” is our utmost priority and dedicated Project Development Cells have been established to facilitate investors. He announced that there are huge renewable energy deployment plans for the next decade and are likely to generate business prospects of the order of around $ 20 billion per year. He invited investors, developers and businesses to join India’s renewable energy journey.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people of Bihar on Bihar Diwas
PM greets people of Bihar on Bihar Diwas
Special Service and Features
SSC Notification for Examination in Junior Hindi Translator, Junior Translator and Senior Hindi Translator Categories
Kochi: Sept 5, 2023
Staff Selection Commission will conduct an open Competitive Computer-based Examination in Junior Hindi Translator, Junior Translator and Senior Hindi Translator categories across the country. The Examination will be held in October 2023. The exact date of the Exam will be informed later through the SSC website. Only online applications will be entertained for this Examination. The online submission of the application may be made at website https://ssc.nic.in.
For scheme of examination, syllabus and other details, candidates may refer to the SSC Notice dated 22/08/2023 uploaded in the website www.ssckkr.kar.nic.in and https://ssc.nic.in
Last date for receiving online applications from candidates is 12/09/2023 .
Candidates belonging to SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen categories, who are eligible for reservation, are exempted from paying fees.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Coast Guard efforts in full swing to douse the fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo
Efforts of Indian Coast Guard  are in full swing to control the fire onboard container vessel MV X-Press Pearl off Colombo, Sri Lanka. On the directives of Government of India following the request of Sri Lankan authorities, ICG swiftly deployed its assets to provide immediate assistance to MV X-Press Pearl. While ICG ship Vaibhav on maritime patrol was diverted immediately to reach the scene of incident on May 25, 2021, ICG ship Vajra, which was despatched from Tuticorin, arrived at the site in the wee hours of May 26, 2021. Presently, both the ships are fighting the intense fire onboard the vessel using external fire-fighting system braving the odds of rough weather.
ICG ship Samudra Prahari, a specialised Pollution Response  vessel has also been despatched in PR configuration to augment the firefighting efforts and respond to oil spill, if occurred. ICG Dornier aircraft has undertaken air reconnaissance of the area. No oil spill has been reported.
The distressed vessel MV X-Press Pearl was carrying 1,486 containers with nitric acid and other hazardous IMDG code chemicals. The extreme fire, damage to containers and prevailing inclement weather has caused the vessel to tilt to starboard resulting in falling of containers overboard. Concerted joint efforts are in progress by two ICG ships and four tugs of Sri Lankan authorities to douse the fire.
The ICG has also kept its formations at Kochi, Chennai and Tuticorin on standby for immediate assistance towards Pollution Response. Continuous coordination is being maintained with the Sri Lankan Coast Guard and other Sri Lankan authorities for augmenting the overall response operations towards containing the fire onboard MV X-Press Pearl.
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Finance Commission
Advisory Council of Fifteenth Finance Commission to meet tomorrow
The Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission will meet tomorrow in New Delhi. This will be the first meeting of the Council after the submission of the Commission’s Report for the year 2020-2021. The meeting will be chaired by the Chairman of the Commission, Shri N. K. Singh and will be attended by its Members – Shri A. N. Jha, Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Dr. Ramesh Chand, Shri Anoop Singh and Secretary, Shri Arvind Mehta. The Members of the Advisory Council who have confirmed their participation include – Dr.Govinda Rao, Dr. Indira Rajaraman, Dr. Surjit S Bhalla, Dr. Arvind Virmani, Dr.Prachi Mishra, Shri SudiptoMundle and Shri Krishnamurthy Subramaniam.
Special invitees to tomorrow’s meeting include – Dr. P. K. Mishra, Dr. Shankar Acharya, Dr.Ajit Mishra, Shri AnanthNageswaran, Shri Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Shri Amitabh Kant, Shri Atanu Chakraborty, Dr.BibekDebroy, Shri T. N. Ninan, Shri SwaminathanAiyar, Dr. Manoj Panda and Dr.Abhijit Sen.
Subsequent to the presentation of the Report of the fifteenth Finance Commission for the year 2020-21 to the President of India, the Union Government has substantively implemented the recommendations contained therin and placed an Action Taken Report in the Parliament. As per the Commission’s mandate, it is going ahead with the work relating to drafting the recommendations for the five years spanning 2021-22 to 2025-26.
In this context, the task ahead for the Commission needs careful consideration of the outlook for the ensuing five years, particularly in the light of the emerging economic situation. To deliberate on this issues, the next meeting of the Commission’s Advisory Council has been convened.
The three issues which are specifically likely to be considered in the discussions relate to:
- The Report of the Fifteen Finance Commission for the year 2020-21 including feedback on the formula for horizontal devolution.
- Outlook for nominal GDP growth for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26.
- Tax buoyancy and other macro-economic parameters relevant for the Commission for the aforesaid period.
Ministry of Finance
Performance of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for MSME
As informed by National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited , the implementing agency for Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme , as on 28.2.2021, cumulative sanction of loans stood at Rs 2.46 lakh crore against which guarantees for a total amount of Rs 2.14 lakh crore to more than 92.27 lakh borrowers have been issued under ECLGS.
This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
The Minister further stated that about 87 lakh MSME units have availed guarantees which constitutes 95% in terms of number of guarantees issued.
Giving more details, the Minister said that there is a pre-approved loan facility with an ‘opt out’ option to all eligible borrowers under ECLGS 1.0. As informed by NCGTC, following steps have been taken:
- A portal has been created on the website for the borrowers to lodge their grievances, which is forwarded to MLIs concerned for time bound resolution.
- Email Id for forwarding of grievances / complaints has also been created and circulated, which is being regularly monitored at NCGTC for resolution.
- Meeting with various stakeholders are being conducted regularly to maximise the reach of the scheme.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Ashwini Choubey releases Handbook on Prevention of Accidents and Awareness of First Aid
Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare released a Handbook on Prevention of Accidents and Awareness of First Aidon the occasion of ‘Road Safety Week’ at a function, here today. Speaking at the function, ShriChoubey emphasized on the need for giving medical trauma care to the injured during the first hour of the accident, known as the golden hour for saving the lives of the injured persons.SmtPreeti Sudan, Secretary  and Dr. Promila Gupta, DGHS, were also present at the event.
ShriChoubey stated that the Health Ministry is implementing a National Programme for Trauma Care with a focus on improving pre-hospital, hospital and rehabilitative services for injury victims. He said that the trauma care facilities are being strengthened in the existing government hospitals near the State and National Highway. He further added that the Government is also taking initiatives to provide training to the doctors, nurses, paramedics and even to the common people on first aid and management of injuries and till date more than 500 pre-hospital trauma technicians have been trained by Safdarjung, RML and Lady Harding Hospitals of the Centre government alone.
ShriChoubey further said that the Road Safety Week is being observed from 23rdApril to 30thApril, 2018 to raise awareness and to encourage citizens to prevent casualties and make roads safer. He said that during the year 2016, 4,80,652 Road accidents were reported, causing injury to 4,94,624 persons and claiming 1,50,785 lives in the country. He observed that according to this statistics, 1317 accidents take place of which 413 people die on Indian roads every day, which means 55 accidents and 17 deaths every hour. ShriChoubey stated that substantial number of accidents and injuries are preventable by following simple Do’s and Don’ts. He expressed optimism that the Handbook released will be found a very useful tool in this regard.
ShriChoubeyalso administered an oath to the officers and staff on road safety. He also appreciated the skit played on the occasion highlighting the critical importance of first aid training and administering of first aid.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Demand and Supply of Vegetables and Fruits
Price rise and fall of vegetables and fruits are influenced by their demand and supply which further depend on various factors like cost of inputs , perishability and storability of the produce, transportation cost, loading/ unloading expenses, grading/sorting, wholesaler’s margin, losses during movement, cost and margin of retailers, supply chain constraints like lack of storage and cold chain facilities, artificial shortage created by hoarding and black marketing and adverse weather conditions etc.
Government takes various measures from time to time to stabilize prices of essential food items which, inter-alia, include appropriately utilizing trade and fiscal policy instruments like import duty, Minimum Export Price, export restrictions, etc. to regulate domestic availability and moderate prices; imposition of stock limits and advising States/UTs for effective action against hoarders & black marketers. Government is also implementing Schemes which, inter alia, include Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture  for productivity enhancement of horticultural crops and Price Stabilisation Fund  Scheme for price stabilization of agri-horticultural commodities like pulses, onion, and potato through appropriate interventions. Ministry of Food Processing Industries  is implementing scheme “Operation Greens” for integrated development of Tomato, Onion and Potato  value chain which, inter alia, has the objective of price stabilization for producers and consumers through production planning in the TOP clusters and introduction of dual use varieties.
Review meetings on price and availability situation of essential commodities, including selected vegetables viz. onion, potato and tomato, are held at the highest level including at the level of Ministers, Committee of Secretaries, Inter Ministerial Committee, Price Stabilization Fund Management Committee and other Departmental level review meetings for taking appropriate price intervention decisions including possible market-intervention, if any.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri. Danve Raosaheb Dadarao in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Ministry of Food Processing Industries Signs MoU with Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries  signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying , Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying to extend the benefits to beneficiaries of various schemes of MoFPI and DAHD. The MoU was signed in the august presence of Sh. Pashupati Kumar Paras, Hon’ble Union Minister, FPI,Sh. ParshottamRupala, Hon’ble Union Minister, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying,Sh. Prahlad Singh Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State, FPI, Sh.Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Hon’ble Minister of State, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Dr. L. Murugan, Hon’ble Minister of State, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Secretary MoFPI, and Secretary DAHD.
The objective of schemes of MoFPI and DAHD are interlinked and complementary in nature. Hence, the MoU will facilitateMoFPI and DAHDto work together to achieve the goal for income generation, sustainable development of the rural poor through the extension of benefits of various schemes to the beneficiaries whenever they require financial assistance for establishment/ extension/ strengthening of quality control, dairy processing and its value addition, meat processing, and value addition infrastructure, animal feed plant and technology assisted breed improvement farms without any limitation.
The MoU will corroborate both MoFPI and DAHD to facilitate the beneficiaries to avail the benefits under the PM Kisan Sampada Yojana and PMFormalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises Scheme of the MoFPI and dairy development schemes of DAHD. This will not only empower the beneficiaries of MoFPI and DAHD but also create awareness through their respective implementation support team on the benefits of various schemes being implemented by them at both the Central and State level.
The convergence between MoFPI and DAHD will also encourage beneficiaries to avail benefits with facilitation for various activities which include Food Safety and Quality Assurance, dairy processing and value addition, meat processing & value addition, and animal feed, etc.